Campaign finance reports came out this week for legislative candidates. Here is how much each candidate in the Rochester area raised. These reports covered the period from mid-January to mid-June of this year.

Select members of the Assembly Republican conference have traveled to Washington, D.C., for some political meetings on Capitol Hill, and at least one in that group, Assemblyman Bill Reilich, will also attend President Barack Obama’s speech on jobs tomorrow night.

Reilich, who is also Monroe County Republican chairman, was invited by Rep. Tom Reed, R-Corning, Steuben County, to tomorrow night’s speech to Congress, he said. Each member of Congress could invite one person, Reilich said.

Weeks ago, before the jobs speech was scheduled, Reed had invited Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb and other Assembly members down to Washington to speak with House Speaker John Boehner and Majority Leader Eric Cantor. The group plans to meet during the day tomorrow.

Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb, R-Canandaigua, said today that he’s optimistic about a Cuomo administration, and sounded pleased that he was selected to be part of the governor-elect’s transition team.

“I’m very optimistic, actually excited,” Kolb said. ”We’ve had some tough times the last four years.”

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